About the Authors
- Shohei Yoshida
-
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Jong O. Lee
-
Affiliation Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Kiwamu Nakamura
-
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sumihiro Suzuki
-
Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
- David N. Hendon
-
Affiliation Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Makiko Kobayashi
-
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Fujio Suzuki
-
* E-mail: fsuzuki@utmb.edu
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SY MK FS. Performed the experiments: SY JOL KN. Analyzed the data: SY SS FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JOL DNH. Wrote the paper: SY MK FS.